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For most of the latter part of the 20th century, Berlin has stood as a symbol of the division between East and West, split by the infamous fortified wall erected to separate the socialist sector from the democratic district. When the Berlin Wall was pulled down in 1990 the city discovered that it suddenly had two of everything, most notably two very distinct societies separated both socially and economically. The past couple of decades has seen Berlin embracing unification and rebuilding itself as a modern European capital.

More than 100 streets have been reconnected, and signs of the Wall's existence have all but disappeared. Yet years of division are still reflected in the new city's architecture, with a modern city of skyscrapers, retail centres and urban developments in the West, while most of the pre-War city still remains in the East.

For nearly 30 years the Wall sealed off the imposing Brandenburg Gate from the West, but now traffic passes through it freely. Similarly Alexanderplatz, which was one of the main centres of 20's Berlin, and later post-war East Germany, has once again become one of the city's focal centres. The site of the infamous Check Point Charlie with its threatening monitoring tower erected to ensure no one crossed over from East to West, is now a museum, and while the tower no longer stands, visitors can see the East Side Gallery, a surviving chunk of the real Wall, now decorated by local artists.

Berlin is situated in the NE of Germany, 50 mls W of the Poland's border. 18 mls E of Potsdam. 170 mls SE of Hamburg. 5 mls SE of Tegel international airport; 7 mls NW of Tempelhof international airport and 12 mls NW of Schonefeld international airport.
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